Arts & Books Mixed Bag 13 Trivia Quiz

Answer: Janitor

An anthropomorphic dog in a world of normal humans, Hong Kong Phooey/Penry Pooch was the star of an American animated TV series of the 1970s. Penny, a 'mild-mannered janitor' at the local police station was the alter ego of Phooey, a superhero who used martial arts in his fight against crime.

Answer: Nemesis

Nemesis was the spirit of divine retribution against those who showed arrogance before the gods. The name Nemesis comes from the Greek word 'némein' ("to give what is due"). Eirene is the Greek goddess of peace. Ananke is the goddess of inevitability. Iris is the personification of the rainbow and messenger of the gods.

Answer: Sir William Golding

William Gerald Golding was born in Newquay on September 18, 1911. The first novel in his 'To the Ends of the Earth' trilogy, 'Rites of Passage' earned him the 1980 Booker Prize for Fiction. Three years later, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. He is best known for his debut novel in 1954, 'Lord of the Flies'. He was knighted in 1988.

Answer: Fox

Created by Colin Dann, 'The Animals of Farthing Wood' first appeared in book form in 1979. A 1990s TV series followed. Bold, Charmer, Friendly and Dreamer were all offspring of Fox, the leader of the Farthing Wood animals, and his mate Vixen.

Answer: Vincent Van Gogh

Born in The Netherlands in 1853, Vincent van Gogh was at his most prolific in the years immediately preceding his premature (and probably self-inflicted) death in 1890. Although he produced more than 2000 artworks in the last decade of his life, he was still virtually unknown at his death.

Answer: The Exorcist

William Blatty's classic supernatural suspense novel 'The Exorcist' was published 1971. The 1973 film version, also written by Blatty, starred Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow, Jason Miller, Lee J. Cobb and Linda Blair. It earned 10 Oscar nominations and was the first horror film to be nominated for Best Picture (for which it lost to 'The Sting').

Answer: Alabama

Harper Lee's first (and for a long time only) novel, published in 1960, won its author the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Robert Mulligan's classic move based on the book was released in 1962. Lee was born in Monroeville, Alabama in 1926 and the book is based on events that occurred near her home town when she was 10 years old.

Answer: Jupiter

The 'Deptford Mice' trilogy 'The Dark Portal', 'The Crystal Prison' and 'The Final Reckoning' were published in 1989/1990. The opening novel introduces the villain of the series: "a dark presence that fills the tunnels with fear: the rats worship it in the blackness and name it Jupiter, Lord of All".

Answer: Miguel de Cervantes

Miguel de Cervantes, author of the first modern European novel, 'Don Quixote', was born in Alcalá de Henares, Castile, Spain in 1547. Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, England in 1564. Curiously, the two masters died within one day of each other, Cervantes on April 22 and Shakespeare on April 23 (his birthday), both in 1616. Poet and translator Marlowe was born two month before Shakespeare, in February 1564 in Canterbury, England. Spenser, author of the epic poem 'The Faerie Queene', was the oldest of the English authors here, born in London in 1552.

Answer: Graham Chapman

Born in 1941 in Leicester, England, Graham Chapman published 'A Liar's Autobiography' in 1980. He died of cancer in 1989.